Necktie and collar-button fastener.



T. C. SPELLING.

NBCKTIE AND COLLAR BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-Z6. I9I5.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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NECKTIE AND COLLAR-BUTTON FASTENER.

"Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

Application filed November 26, 1915. Serial No. 63,450.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS CARL SPELL- IN(:, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie and Collar-Button Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in necktie and collar button fasteners and its object is the provision of a fastener of simple construction which will firmly and immovably attach a necktie to a collar button without the use of a neckband, whether or not the shank of the button be in such form as to allow of its revolving in the button hole.

Various fasteners have been devised some capable of being used only on buttons where shanks were rectangular or triangular, others requiring wings contacting with parts of the collar to prevent movement of the necktie out of proper position and relation.

The adjuncts or devices just mentioned are dispensed with in the device now about to be described.

It consists of a fiat member to be attached to the side of the necktie nearest the wearer, and a member extended from and attached to the base of said flat member to the point where the shank of the button connects the shirt band with the collar and there clasping the shank behind the collar.

The foregoing and other advantageous characteristics will more fully appear from the detailed description hereinafter present ed, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein the preferred and a modified embodiment of the invention are illustrated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one of the members which, when assembled constitute the device, and Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of another member and Fig. 4 is a side view of same. Fig. 5 is an elevation and Fig. 6 a side view of a third member. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of all the members joined together, constituting the completed device, ready to be put in place. Fig. 8 shows a necktie of the hanger variety in place as held by the device and worn. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device wherein the construction of one of the members is simplified.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views, and first with reference to Figs. 1 and 2-, A represents a small section thereof bent outwardly at right angles to form shelf 13, near and just above which is seen a circular perforation C. Just above this perforation, the member separates into the prongs D, and the interior slender prongs E are shown. The latter may either be of independent construction, or slitted from the adjacent parts of prongs D and deflected and bent as there seen to form the circular space F and the open space Gr.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent the other member of the device, herein designated as the plate member. This plate has an extension from the bottom edge which is bent as at J and has a reduced stem H formed in the bent portion. A knob is shown at H which when in place, with the free end bent after insertion, occupies the circular perforation C, forming a hinge. This construction admits of its being turned on its hinge downwardly to a position which is horizontal, or nearly horizontal, relatively to the member represented by Figs. 1 and 2. In its horizontal position the extension adjacent to the plate rests on said shelf and supports the necktie out of the way of manipulation in putting on and taking off the necktie, meaning here the same as adjusting the device. Said plate member may be slightly curved outwardly in relation to the other at J, extending above the curve vertically. At K are threadholes through the portion of the member which is to be attached to the necktie. The same reference character represents similar threadholes in Fig. 5 and 6. L represents a circular space for the intrusion therethrough of the button head, and the same reference character represents similar space in Figs. 5 and 6. Figs. 5 and 6 represent a small piece of material, metallic or non-metallic, which is to perform the office of a buffer between the plate and collar. It is fixed in place by the same act as that which attaches the plate to the necktie, that is to say, it is sewed. to the necktie through the common threadholes. The interposltion of the buffer containing the circular space, corresponding to that in the plate makes room for the head of the collar button which, in use, extends through the circular space in both buffer and plate and rests against the fabric of the necktie. This piece is flat on the side next to the collar but contains'a shallow groove at M through which the head of the button is guided in the act of turning the member to its proper vertical position to perform its function. This groove converges and narrows from each side toward and into said circular space provided as a receptacle for the button head,

The utility of the buffer Will better appear by reference to the fact that the heads of collar buttons vary in form, some being thin and flat and others rounded and oblong, or pyramidal. The buffer will require thickness commensurate with the extent of the intrusion of the button head, Whatever that may be in each instance. A groove to guide the device relatively to the button head possesses a utility readily understood upon consideration of the fact that the sense. of touch alone must be relied upon in performing the act of adjustment. And inasmuch as the. plate will necessarily be thin and unsuited to contain the groove, the utility of the buffer is obvious.

Owing to the peculiarities of formation in completion as assembled, as seen in Fig. 7, the device is supported vertically both by the clasping of the shank behind the collar in circular space F and by the position of the head of the button in circular space L. And the relative positions of the two-members in contact or near-contact When the device is not in place induces resilient pressure by the coaction of the members when it is in place, so that all the intervening parts are gripped and firmly held together, with only the thickness of the plate and buffer between necktie and collar, and the position of the necktie relatively to the collar and wearer is normal and correct. The Wedging and gripping of the parts resulting from such construction produce immobility, notwithstanding any possible rotary movement of the button. The user of the device may either insert the clasp member after the collar has been buttoned on or he may first press that member upward until the shank of the button has been clasped and then button on the collar over it.

Fig. 8 being merely illustrative need not be further noticed.

In Fig. 9 is seen only a slight modification of form. The only difference between this and the preferred embodiment is that theinterior prongs E in the latter find reinforcement by contact in use with the exterior prongs D. In the modification prongs N have no such support. The advantages possessed by the modification consist in simplicity of construction, though the preferred embodiment distributes the strain, contributing to durability.

It will be understood that the parts shown in the figures, as constructed for use, will be small and slender and that to some extent the drawings are exaggerations in size.

While I have herein disclosed several convenient embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent that said invention is capable of embodiment in still other forms and devices, all as will appear to persons skilled in the art to which this invention pertains.

I claim:

1'. A fastener of the class described comprising a gripping member, prongs formed on said gripping member to engage the shank of a button, said gripping member being'bent to form a shelf, said gripping member having an aperture formed therein above said shelf, a tie plate hingedly secured to said gripping member, a depending stem from said tie plate, said stem being bent to overlie said shelf, and said stem being reduced to form a stem to pivotally support said gripping member.

2. A fastener of the class described co1nprising a gripping member, prongs formed on said member to engage the shank of a button, said prongs being bent to establish binding on the shank of a button, a shelf formed by bending said gripping member, said gripping member having an opening therein, a tie plate being hingedly secured to said gripping member, said tie plate having an enlarged central aperture formed therein, said tie.plate also having thread holes formed therein, a depending stem formed on said tie plate, said stem being bent below said plate, and a reduced stem formed on the bent portion of said depending stem for insertion in the opening in said gripping member.

3. A fastener of the class described comprising a gripping member, resilient prongs formed on said gripping member, said prongs being bent to grip the shank of an inserted button, reinforcing prongs formed on said gripping member, a shelf formed by bending said gripping member, said gripping member having an aperture formed therein, a tie plate pivotally secured to said gripping member, having an enlarged central aperture and marginal thread apertures formed therein, a depending stem from said tie plate, said stem being bent, a reduced stem formed on said depending stem, said reduced stem engaging in said aperture in said gripping member, affording pivotal connection between said gripping member and tie plate, said shelf limiting the swinging movement of said members, and a buffer carried by said tie plate between said tie plate and gripping member.

i. A fastener of the class described comprising a gripping member, prongs formed on said gripping member, a shelf formed by said depending stem, and said bufi'er having bending said gripping member, a tie plate guiding grooves formed therein to receive pivotally secured to said gripping member, a the head of a button.

buffer secured to said tie plate, said tie plate Signed at New York city, in the county of and buffer having central apertures and New York and State of New York, this 8th 15 marginal thread apertures formed therein, a day of November, A. D. 1915.

depending stem from said tie plate being THOMAS C. SPELLING. ofi'set, a reduced stem formed on said oifset, Witnesses: said stem being fastened in saidgripping MOLLIE QUATINETZ,

10 member, said shelf limiting the swinging of CLARENGE KIMBALL.

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